Special education international perspectives biopsychosocial, cultural, and disability aspects /

• Other Authors: Rotatori, Anthony F.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
• Series: Advances in special education ; v. 27.
• Subjects: Education > Special Education > General.; Teaching of specific groups & persons with special educational needs.; Special education.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 238 p.)
• ISBN: 9781784410445 (electronic bk.)
• ISSN: 0270-4013 ;

The volume will be divided into four parts. Part 1 will present an overview on disability that focuses on two major themes, namely, the biopsychosocial approaches to disability and cultural views of disability. Part 2 will examine five major areas of high incidence exceptionalities: cognitive impairment, learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity, autism spectrum disorders, behavioural/emotional disorders and speech and language disorders.